Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1887-05-12
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Donald Wife.

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She was a merry, laughing girl o
eighteen, fresh from school, and he
her fathers old friend, quiet. self
contained man of thirty-live, and it car
scarcely be wondered at that many
wise heads were shaken over the ill
sorted match.
Jessie had always stood a little in
awe of the quiet, stern man who had
been n frequent visitor at her father
house during his life time.
But she was quite unprovidcd for,
and Donald McKeon was wealthy; and
when he asked her to be his wife in a
matter. of-fact way, very much IT'S lie
might have asked her to be his house
keeper, it seemed the easiest way TO
solve the troublesome problem OF her
| fc; and, besides this, she knew her
father to have been under obligations
to him, and more than suspected that
the three years she had spent at a
fashionable school since her fathers
death had been ut his expense.
Ana so Ih'y were married ana ne
took her to his old home, that his
family had owned and occupied for
generations.
1t never occurred 10 him that it was
n dreary sort of life for u girl like
Jess c, alone in that gloomy Old house
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al day. WIN only inc Servants anu 'ho
ghosts OF by gone generations lor COM
PaiS'
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ana Po''onCu MS hie-" lear '',"' SIC
h"" Marie" nm ior nome an" pos
uoh' an" "'Fe"t 'eS'et'c'' h't c''o'ct'
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n'I l'o'r'y h"' 'h'V occ'l po'''ol'' p"'
'''hS sensitive uh'''hoh,'ra'''o
man, nc 'et ner see noun ny OIL ms Out
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wrong nc hau "one ''c'' anu caine anu
went """ '''''o ''D Syn
anu '''i, le"p'' "c3"H ~ olsco'e'
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my ""n'''"' anu I''F iu'oa''u wealthy
an" '"l"'"''"' h'''h' anu INV .''uonS
O'S"n ~ pour IL upon "'r'
anu "'','' plunge" ''i'o III, Tic" me
oi l">'''"'''oi "'S''P'' on win " |eal
''lAV WAS Tue natural react On from Tue
groom "nu Inc loneliness Oh Tie past
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- "''' "c' "s"'"" "cc"'iiP "li'c'' ''er
Wherever S"e went ior nc ''i some
Will o'u l'''.''"cu notions a' 10 "IlaI
was rlShIaHu I'I'hS ior women 10 40
bu' ! was nc ne utterly "c'c>'eu'
1t interfere" " III MS BUSINESS anu lie
!o"N'u ",.o" inc surface ana ST" Inc
n""o" l'i'hoou | was "It'r all ana II
Era''u On MS me 'ue"S ot 'rU'n ana
S'nrer"S'
leI""P' nc was somewhat dictator!"l
III Ms manner Oh 'c!'1lS her ms per
maps 'ne imaS'hed So but Wheh he
urged the point she rcO'Iled aga nst
III, assumption OF authority
IL was 'heF hr7' q"arrei anu their
4a-l' o"I IL WIS avery O!lI"r one
She spoke cruel Singing words, that
ranked ana slung nm the more that
lie h"u leaFho 10 love h'r so dearly
A. Only reserved seIl constrained men
snch aS he can love- and then only
wien 'Mef hoard all The treasures OF
Inc nature 10 lavish 1t IN middle lie
OH The woman VINO IS their fate
Alter that he opposed her IN nothing,
ont II was rs though great wall OF ice
ha'l RISEN between Them
lie devoted himself to business and
She became the acknowledG d leader OF
the most exclusive circle OF the city.
Sue was madIy extravaganza She
made The ola house Il marvel OF aesthetic
beaut', and entertained like Il princess.
Mrs. Mrhcon toilets. jewels and
dinners became the MODELS Of her set.
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all the batteries she had the same
smile OF cold contempt and no man
was bold enough to venture beyond
the most commonplace.
And so the years passed., and each
one drlltcd them further apart, until
they seldom met, except at the own
grand entertainments. Each year she
became more the slave OF fashion. and
he OF MS ohlce But through it all he
loved her with an undying love, and
bis one thought was to crafty her
every whIm.
And when the dark days came
when ships that were sent out freighted
w tn costly wares went down, and
were heard OF no more when
houses that seemed stable as granite
IL led, and his wealth seemed melting
away like snowy wreath. his only
thought was for her, and though each
day his hair grew wh't'r and his form
grew more stopped W tn bending over
the long columns of figures in which
the balance was always on the wrong